Physiology, Biophysics, and Biomedical EngineeringAndrew Wood Physiology, Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering provides a multidisciplinary understanding of biological phenomena and the instrumentation for monitoring these phenomena. It covers the physical phenomena of electricity, pressure, and flow along with the adaptation of the physics of the phenomena to the special conditions and constraints of biolog |
Contents
Introduction to Physiological Systems | 3 |
Fundamentals of Electrical Circuits for Biomedicine | 13 |
Properties of Electrodes | 49 |
Molecular Biophysics | 63 |
Membrane Biophysics | 75 |
Excitability and Synapses | 113 |
Skeletal Muscle Biophysics | 143 |
Cardiac Biophysics | 199 |
Rheology of Blood | 217 |
The Vascular System Blood Flow Patterns in Various Parts of the Circulation | 235 |
Cardiovascular System Monitoring | 253 |
Respiratory Biophysics | 293 |
Renal Biophysics and Dialysis | 327 |
Cardiopulmonary Perfusion and Advanced Surgical Techniques | 359 |
Organization of the Human Central Nervous System | 371 |
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